This was a HUGE decade for Best Original Song. Movie soundtracks were hot sellers in stores, perhaps responding to the fact that the craft was hitting an apex of talent. It helps that animated Disney movie musicals were also in their prime. There just isn’t a bad song on this list. It’s quite a shame … More Ranking Every Best Original Song Oscar Winner of the 1990s
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri generated a lot of heat during award season after it was released in 2017. It won Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. It scored again at the SAG Awards, winning Best Cast in addition to awards for Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. … More Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a Garbage Movie
Following a bridge collapse in Boston, four teenagers (well, five) find themselves in the waiting area of a hospital. Skyler is there for her sister, Kate, who has always been there to take care of her even when Skyler screwed things up. Jason and Alexa are estranged siblings trying not to blow up at each … More All We Can Do Is Wait, by Richard Lawson: Book Review
Given the heights the 90s took Best Original Songs to at the Oscars, it’s surprising how quickly the category lost momentum. There’s still some great work to be found, but the highs definitely aren’t as soaring–indicating the direction the category would continue to go in the 2010s. 10. “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp,” Hustle … More Every Best Original Song Oscar Winner of the 2000s Listed and Ranked
Ranking every Academy Award winner for Best Original Song from 2010-2019. … More Every Best Original Song Oscar Winner of the 2010s Listed and Ranked
If ever there was a book that seemed to have been written specifically for me, this is it. And it did not disappoint. I’ve been fascinated by the Academy Awards since childhood, when I would get sent to bed before the show was over, then sneak out of my room to finish watching with the … More Pictures at a Revolution is Porn for Film Buffs
Have you ever noticed how many novels are about white guys who can’t get their life in order? SO MANY. And I can’t deal with it anymore. … More I Can’t with All the Screw-Up White Dudes in Literature: The Nix, by Nathan Hill
I should start by saying that I’ve never responded to a Guillermo del Toro movie–not even Pan’s Labyrinth. Given the hype around The Shape of Water and what I had heard about it, I was hoping this would be the movie to turn things around for me and Guillermo. Alas. Less than thirty minutes in, I turned … More The Shape of Water Movie Review
The 1970s gets a lot of credit for being full of great cinema, but the 1960s had some surprisingly great movies, too. This top ten is pretty darned good, and perfectly showcases the massive transition Hollywood was undergoing. … More Ranking Every Best Picture Oscar Winner of the 1960s
Last year, I sat down and collected a list of classics I haven’t read as well as some of the most critically acclaimed novels of the 20th century. It started as a curiosity but ended up a sort of bucket list. Not a project for me to work on right now, but something to keep … More My Book Bucket List: Things to Read Before You Die
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